The Two Tablets Replaced

34 Now the Lord said to Moses, “Cut out for yourself ^(A)two stone tablets like the former ones, and ^(B)I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets which you smashed. ² So be ready by morning, and come up in the morning to ^(C)Mount Sinai, and ^[a]present yourself there to Me on the top of the mountain. ³ And ^(D)no one is to come up with you, nor let anyone be seen ^[b]anywhere on the mountain; even the flocks and the herds are not to graze in front of that mountain.” ⁴ So he cut out ^(E)two stone tablets like the former ones, and Moses got up early in the morning and went up to Mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and he took the two stone tablets in his hand. ⁵ And ^(F)the Lord descended in the cloud and stood there with him as he ^[c]called upon the name of the Lord. ⁶ Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, ^(G)compassionate and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in faithfulness and ^[d]truth; ⁷ who ^(H)keeps faithfulness for thousands, who forgives wrongdoing, violation of His Law, and sin; yet He ^(I)will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, ^(J)inflicting the ^[e]punishment of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.” ⁸ And Moses hurried ^[f](K)to bow low toward the ground and worship. ⁹ Then he said, “^(L)If in any way I have found favor in Your sight, Lord, please may the Lord go along in our midst, even though ^[g](M)the people are so obstinate, and ^(N)pardon our wrongdoing and our sin, and ^(O)take us as Your own ^[h]possession.”

The Covenant Renewed

¹⁰ Then ^[i]God said, “Behold, ^(P)I am going to make a covenant. Before all your people ^(Q)I will perform miracles which have not been ^[j]produced in all the earth nor among any of the nations; and all the people ^[k]among whom you live will see the working of the Lord, for it is a fearful thing that I am going to perform with you.

¹¹ “^[l]Be sure to comply with what I am commanding you this day: behold, ^(R)I am going to drive out the Amorite from you, and the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. ^12 (S)Be careful that you do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land into which you are going, or it will become a snare in your midst. ^13 (T)But rather, you are to tear down their altars and smash their memorial stones, and cut down their ^[m](U)Asherim ¹⁴ —for ^(V)you shall not worship any other god, because the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God— ¹⁵ otherwise you might make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they would prostitute themselves with their gods and ^(W)sacrifice to their gods, and someone ^(X)might invite you ^[n]to eat of his sacrifice, ¹⁶ and ^(Y)you might take some of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters might prostitute themselves with their gods and cause your sons also to prostitute themselves with their gods. ^17 (Z)You shall not make for yourself any gods cast in metal.

¹⁸ “You shall keep ^(AA)the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For ^(AB)seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, ^[o]as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the ^(AC)month of Abib; for in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt.

¹⁹ “^(AD)The ^[p]firstborn from every womb belongs to Me, and all your male livestock, the ^[q]firstborn from ^[r]cattle and sheep. ^20 (AE)You shall redeem with a lamb the firstborn from a donkey; and if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. You shall redeem ^(AF)all the firstborn of your sons. ^[s](AG)None are to appear before Me empty-handed.

²¹ “You shall work ^(AH)six days, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during plowing time and harvest you shall rest. ²² And you shall celebrate ^(AI)the Feast of Weeks, that is, the first fruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year. ^23 (AJ)Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord ^[t]God, the God of Israel. ²⁴ For I will ^[u](AK)drive out nations from you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the Lord your God.

²⁵ “^(AL)You shall not ^[v]offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread, ^(AM)nor is the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover to ^[w]be left over until morning.

²⁶ “You shall bring ^(AN)the very first of the first fruits of your soil into the house of the Lord your God.

“You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

²⁷ Then the Lord said to Moses, “^(AO)Write ^[x]down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made ^(AP)a covenant with you and with Israel.” ²⁸ So he was there with the Lord for ^(AQ)forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread or drink water. And ^[y](AR)He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, ^(AS)the Ten ^[z]Commandments.

Moses’ Face Shines

²⁹ And it came about, when Moses was coming down from Mount Sinai (and the ^(AT)two tablets of the testimony were in Moses’ hand as he was coming down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that ^(AU)the skin of his face shone because of his speaking with Him. ³⁰ So when Aaron and all the sons of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and ^(AV)they were afraid to approach him. ³¹ Then Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers in the congregation returned to him; and Moses spoke to them. ³² Afterward all the sons of Israel came near, and he commanded them to do everything that the Lord had spoken ^[aa]to him on Mount Sinai. ³³ When Moses had finished speaking with them, ^(AW)he put a veil over his face. ³⁴ But whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak with Him, ^(AX)he would take off the veil until he came out; and whenever he came out and spoke to the sons of Israel what he had been commanded, ^35 (AY)the sons of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone. So Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with Him.

The Truth Will Set You Free

³¹ So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “^(A)If you continue in My word, then you are truly My ^(B)disciples; ³² and ^(C)you will know the truth, and ^(D)the truth will set you free.” ³³ They answered Him, “^(E)We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, ‘You will become free’?”

³⁴ Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly I say to you, ^(F)everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin. ³⁵ Now ^(G)the slave does not remain in the house forever; ^(H)the son does remain forever. ³⁶ So if the Son ^(I)sets you free, you really will be free. ³⁷ I know that you are ^(J)Abraham’s descendants; yet ^(K)you are seeking to kill Me, because My word ^[a]has no place in you. ³⁸ I speak of the things which I have seen ^[b]with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from ^(L)your father.”

³⁹ They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is ^(M)our father.” Jesus *said to them, “^(N)If you are Abraham’s children, do the deeds of Abraham. ⁴⁰ But as it is, ^(O)you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has ^(P)told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do. ⁴¹ You are doing the deeds of ^(Q)your father.” They said to Him, “We were not born as a result of sexual immorality; ^(R)we have one Father: God.” ⁴² Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, ^(S)you would love Me, ^(T)for I came forth from God and am here; for I have ^(U)not even come ^[c]on My own, but ^[d](V)He sent Me. ⁴³ Why do you not understand ^[e](W)what I am saying? It is because you cannot ^(X)listen to My word. ^44 (Y)You are of ^(Z)your father the devil, and ^(AA)you want to do the desires of your father. ^(AB)He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because ^(AC)there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells ^[f]a lie, he ^(AD)speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of ^[g]lies. ⁴⁵ But because ^(AE)I say the truth, you do not believe Me. ⁴⁶ Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If ^(AF)I speak truth, why do you not believe Me? ^47 (AG)The one who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.”

^48 (AH)The Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not rightly say that You are a ^(AI)Samaritan, and You ^(AJ)have a demon?” ⁴⁹ Jesus answered, “I do not ^(AK)have a demon; on the contrary, I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me. ⁵⁰ But ^(AL)I am not seeking My glory; there is One who seeks it, and judges. ⁵¹ Truly, truly I say to you, if anyone ^(AM)follows My word, he will never ^(AN)see death.” ^52 (AO)The Jews said to Him, “Now we know that You ^(AP)have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets as well; and yet You say, ‘If anyone ^(AQ)follows My word, he will never ^(AR)taste of death.’ ⁵³ You ^(AS)are not greater than our father Abraham, who died, are You? The prophets died too. Whom do You make Yourself out to be?” ⁵⁴ Jesus answered, “^(AT)If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing; ^(AU)it is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God’; ⁵⁵ and ^(AV)you have not come to know Him, ^(AW)but I know Him. And if I say that I do not know Him, I will be ^(AX)a liar like you; ^(AY)but I do know Him, and I ^(AZ)follow His word. ^56 (BA)Your father Abraham was ^(BB)overjoyed that he would see My day, and he saw it and rejoiced.” ^57 (BC)So the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and You have seen Abraham?” ⁵⁸ Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham ^[h]was born, ^[i](BD)I am.” ⁵⁹ Therefore they ^(BE)picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus ^(BF)hid Himself and left the temple grounds.

Gifts Received

²⁰ Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel departed from Moses’ presence. ²¹ And ^(A)everyone whose heart ^[a]stirred him and everyone whose spirit ^[b]moved him came and brought the Lord’s ^[c]contribution for the work of the tent of meeting and for all its service, and for the holy garments. ²² Then all ^[d]whose hearts moved them, both men and women, came and brought brooches and ^[e]earrings and signet rings and bracelets, all articles of gold; so did everyone who ^[f]presented an offering of gold to the Lord. ²³ Everyone ^[g]who was in possession of violet, purple, or scarlet material or fine linen or goats’ hair, or rams’ skins ^[h]dyed red or fine leather, brought them. ²⁴ Everyone who could make a ^[i]contribution of silver and ^[j]bronze brought the Lord’s ^[k]contribution; and everyone ^[l]who was in possession of acacia wood for any work of the service brought it. ²⁵ And all the ^[m]skilled women spun with their hands, and brought what they had spun, in violet, purple, and scarlet material, and in fine linen. ²⁶ And all the women whose heart ^[n]stirred with a skill spun the goats’ hair. ²⁷ The rulers, moreover, brought the onyx stones and the stones for setting for the ephod and for the ^[o]breastpiece; ²⁸ and ^(B)the spice and the oil for the light and for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense. ²⁹ The ^[p]Israelites, all the men and women, whose heart ^[q]moved them to bring material for all the work, which the Lord had commanded through Moses to be done, brought a ^(C)[r]voluntary offering to the Lord.

^30 (D)Then Moses said to the sons of Israel, “See, the Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. ³¹ And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all ^[s]craftsmanship; ³² to create ^[t]designs for working in gold, in silver, and in ^[u]bronze, ³³ and in the cutting of stones for settings and in the carving of wood, so as to perform in every inventive work. ³⁴ He also has put in his heart to teach, both he and ^(E)Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. ^35 (F)He has filled them with ^[v]skill to perform every work of an engraver, of a designer, and of an embroiderer, in violet, purple, and in scarlet material, and in fine linen, and of a weaver, as performers of every work and makers of designs.

The Tabernacle Underwritten

36 “Now Bezalel, Oholiab, and every ^[w]skillful person in whom the Lord has put ^[x]skill and understanding to know how to perform all the work ^[y]in the construction of the sanctuary, shall perform in accordance with everything that the Lord has commanded.”

² Then Moses called Bezalel, Oholiab, and every ^[z]skillful person in ^[aa]whom the Lord had put ^[ab]skill, ^(G)everyone whose heart stirred him, to come to the work to perform it. ³ They received from Moses every ^[ac]contribution which the sons of Israel had brought to perform ^[ad]the work ^[ae]in the construction of the sanctuary. And they still continued bringing to him ^[af]voluntary offerings every morning. ⁴ And all the ^[ag]skillful people who were performing all the work of the sanctuary came, each from ^[ah]the work which they were performing, ⁵ and they said to ^[ai]Moses, “^(H)The people are bringing much more than enough for the ^[aj]construction work which the Lord commanded us to ^[ak]perform.” ⁶ So Moses issued a command, and circulated a ^[al]proclamation throughout the camp, saying, “No man or woman is to perform work any longer for the ^[am]contributions of the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing any more. ^7 (I)For the ^[an]material they had was sufficient and more than enough for all the work, to perform it.

Abandonment of Faith

4 But ^(A)the Spirit explicitly says that ^(B)in later times some will ^[a]fall away from the faith, paying attention to ^(C)deceitful spirits and ^(D)teachings of demons, ² by means of the hypocrisy of liars ^(E)seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron, ³ who ^(F)forbid marriage and advocate ^(G)abstaining from foods which ^(H)God has created to be ^(I)gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth. ⁴ For ^(J)everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is ^(K)received with gratitude; ⁵ for it is sanctified by means of ^(L)the word of God and prayer.

A Good Minister’s Discipline

⁶ In pointing out these things to ^(M)the brothers and sisters, you will be a good ^(N)servant of Christ Jesus, constantly nourished on the words of the faith and of the ^(O)good doctrine which you ^(P)have been following. ⁷ But ^[b]stay away from ^(Q)worthless ^(R)stories that are typical of old women. Rather, ^[c]discipline yourself for the purpose of ^(S)godliness; ⁸ for ^(T)bodily training is just slightly beneficial, but ^(U)godliness is beneficial for all things, since it ^(V)holds promise for the ^(W)present life and also for the life to come. ^9 (X)It is a trustworthy statement deserving full acceptance. ¹⁰ For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have set ^(Y)our hope on ^(Z)the living God, who is ^(AA)the Savior of all mankind, especially of believers.

^11 [d](AB)Prescribe and teach these things. ^12 (AC)Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, ^(AD)love, faith, and purity, show yourself ^(AE)an example ^[e]of those who believe. ^13 (AF)Until I come, give your attention to the public ^[f](AG)reading, to exhortation, and teaching. ¹⁴ Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, which was granted to you through words of ^(AH)prophecy with ^(AI)the laying on of hands by the ^[g](AJ)council of elders. ¹⁵ Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all. ^16 (AK)Pay close attention to yourself and to the teaching; persevere in these things, for as you do this you will ^(AL)save both yourself and those who hear you.